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foresyllable

noun
/ˈfɔɹsɪləbəl/US/ˈfɔːsɪləbəl/UK

Etymology

From fore- + syllable; Compare Dutch voorsyllabe, German Vorsilbe.

  1. derived from συλλαβή
  2. derived from syllaba
  3. derived from sillebe
  4. derived from sillable
  5. inherited from syllable
  6. prefixed as foresyllable — “fore + syllable”

Definitions

  1. A syllable (or syllables) at the beginning of a word.

    • We had several things beginning with the same foresyllable.
    • The " kar " is the same foresyllable that runs in Carthage and means a high place.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for foresyllable. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA